Blind Alley
Blind Alley (1939)
Blind Alley Chester Morris , Ralph Bellamy , and Ann Dvorak . It would be remade in 1948 as The Dark Past .
The following weapons were used in the film Blind Alley :
Handguns Colt Detective Special Fugitive killer Hal Wilson (Chester Morris ) and his henchmen Buck (Marc Lawrence ) and Nick (Milburn Stone ) all carry Colt Detective Special revolvers, with Hal keeping his in a shoulder holster. Hal recalls a painful memory from his youth where his father had carried a Detective Special, though the memory likely predates the weapon's 1927 introduction.
Colt Detective Special 1st Gen with Round Butt - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Does that shoot real bullets?" Dr. Shelby's impressed son Davy (Scotty Beckett ) asks Hal Wilson. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nick keeps his Colt Detective Special drawn inside the Shelby household. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hal draws his Detective Special. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hal holds his Detective Special on Dr. Shelby. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hal recalls his father dropping a Detective Special. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mr. Wilson's Detective Special falls to the ground. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hal checks the load in his Detective Special. Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket Hal's moll Mary (Ann Dvorak ) carries a blued Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket - .25 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing An armed Mary helps round up the Shelby household. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mary keeps her Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket trained on the Shelby family, guests, and staff. Winchester Model 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine Buck (Marc Lawrence ) carries a Winchester rifle that appears to be a Winchester Model 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine before it switches to a Winchester Model 1907 in an apparent continuity error. One of the policemen approaching the house also carries a Winchester carbine.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine - .32WCF/.38-40/.44-40/.25-20. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Buck surveys the rounded-up Shelby household and guests with his Winchester in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A policeman approaches the Shelby home with his Winchester carbine. Winchester Model 1907 Buck (Marc Lawrence ) tosses his Winchester — now a Winchester Model 1907 semi-automatic rifle — to Hal Wilson (Chester Morris ) to use during the final acts of the film. The Model 1907 was a popular weapon among real-life gangsters of the era, such as John Dillinger and Homer Van Meter.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester Model 1907 with 5-round magazine - .351 Winchester Error creating thumbnail: File missing Buck's Winchester carbine is now a semi-auto Model 1907. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hal holds the Winchester on Dr. Shelby. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hal unloads the Winchester. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hal reloads the Winchester. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hal runs to the door, Winchester in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hal takes aim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Single Action Army Strangely, two of the policemen (James Craig and Dick Curtis ) seeking Hal Wilson appear to have older Single Action Army six-shooters in their holsters rather than more modern .38 Special revolvers like the Colt Official Police or Smith & Wesson Military & Police .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Single Action Army with 5.5" barrel known as the "Artillery" model. - .45 Long Colt Error creating thumbnail: File missing Joe (James Craig ) and his fellow trooper (Dick Curtis ) carry revolvers that appear to be old-fashioned Single Action Army handguns. M1921A Thompson Several of the policemen seeking Hal Wilson and his gang are armed with M1921A Thompson submachine guns with box magazines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt M1921A Thompson with 20-round magazine - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two troopers enter the Shelby home with Thompsons. Blunderbuss Dr. Shelby (Ralph Bellamy ) keeps a Blunderbuss Flintlock suspended above the fireplace in his home.
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